Posts Tagged ‘about this site’
While I don’t agree with everything, I am impressed by your arguments on Buddhist philosophy
Question: I have read many of your posts and the question and answer page. I read all your thoughts on Buddhist philosophy (I’m Buddhist) and am impressed with how you put your arguments forward. I don’t agree with everything of course, but I like reading your positions on various subjects. I just wanted to say…
Read MoreThe article on animal rights is pitiable
Question: [This note was left unedited since it offers critique of this website.] I’m shaking my head in pity because I feel such sorrow for the author of this sadly poorly unjust literature. Cognitive rehab is available. I just want to let the author know Killing wildlife as a means of cultural survival ( clothing, food,…
Read MoreYour website led me back to Christ after twenty years
Question: I wanted to send a personal email and thank you for your teachings on your website. I was a member of the church of Christ my entire life. In my middle 20s, I was briefly married and divorced with the cause not being adultery. My ex-spouse went to prison for a felonious crime. I…
Read MoreThanks for having such a wonderful website
Question: Thanks for having such a wonderful website. You bless many lives. May God bless you richly. Answer: Thank you for the encouragement.
Read MoreThank you for your article on drug use
Question: Hi Brother, Please keep me in your prayers. I’m a brother, in my thirties, who is struggling with sin — marijuana use being one of them. I definitely am trying to rid myself of all sin and that is certainly one of them. I just read the article that was written on the website.…
Read MoreI appreciate the passion with which you tackle some really difficult questions
Question: Hello, Just a quick email to encourage a brother in Christ. I so appreciate your website and the passion with which you tackle the task of responding to some really difficult questions and accusations. Wanted you to know your website is a blessing. Happy New Year! Answer: Thank you for the kind encouragement.
Read MoreYour website is such a blessing
Question: I have to say that your website is such a blessing. I belong to a very very small congregation in that still doesn’t have elders. We are working very hard to have a website and you have been a great inspiration. Answer: Thank you.
Read MoreI always enjoy reading the question and answer section
Question: I want to say thank you for your website and your diligent work in providing sound doctrine for everyone in search of it. I found your website a couple of years ago and still look at the sermons and articles posted today. I always enjoy reading the question and answer section. It has helped…
Read MoreYour answer against a person questioning his core belief was inappropriate
Question: I’m not sure if you’re the person I’m supposed to send this to, but your email was at the bottom of the page. I’m a member of the church and in regards to one of the Questions and Answer posts on the La Vista Church of Christ website, the response to one of the…
Read MoreI found your advice to aspiring preachers useful
Question: Hello. I read your article on advice to aspiring preachers and found it useful. Thanks a lot. Grace to you! Answer: I’m glad you found the website useful. You might also be interested in the other articles on preaching.
Read MoreYour website opened up my mind
Question: Greetings to you fellow brothers and sisters of our Lord Jesus Christ. I got to know about your web site some weeks ago. I must admit that the website has really opened up my mind. I wish my fellow brothers and sisters in the other denominations can find the truth and get set free.…
Read MoreThank you for creating such a fabulous website
Question: I hope this reaches Jeffrey Hamilton. I have been visiting this website for a few years now. I simply wanted to reach out and say God bless you for creating such a fabulous website. I cannot begin to describe how helpful the articles and studies on this website have been for my spiritual growth…
Read MoreSometimes we lose focus regarding our primary mission
Question: Dear Brother Hamilton, Thank you for all of the good Bible lessons you and others have written and put on your website. It seems that every time I am searching online for Bible study materials, I always end up on your website and find something I like. I have sent links to your website…
Read MoreYour article contained the answers I was looking for
Question: Hello, I am going through some trouble right now. I have been dating my girlfriend for a year now and have been trying to ease her into the church. She has not been grounded in any denominational doctrine, but she still has some trouble accepting the truth. Recently, she had asked me to visit…
Read MoreThe verses in your study pricked my heart
Question: Hello! I just wanted to mention how I came across your church’s website and found your studies section. I really appreciate this resource you guys have. I have been a Christian for over five years and have struggled to read my Bible, but I am trying to improve on that. I read one of…
Read MoreYour answer was too complex and misinterpreted the Scriptures
Question: Mr. Hamilton, I read one of your website answers to the question, “What must I do to go to Heaven when I die?” As a pastor, you should have known the answer would be quite simple, one that would easily have pointed the individual in a single direction — to the Lord. Instead, your…
Read MoreThe person handling the website is doing a great job
Question: Hi, Please tell the person who is doing the website that he is doing a great job. Every time I google the words “church of christ,” the La Vista Church of Christ website comes out on top or very nearly the top. This is coming from an atheist who was a member of the…
Read MoreThank you for the answer on sexual sin
Question: Hi. I was on your church’s website and saw a question posted by a man who committed a sexual sin. I recently committed the same sin and the advice and the scripture you shared with me were also a great help to me. It helped me remember that God is not finished with me…
Read MoreWith the help of this site, I recently became a Christian
Question: Your site has helped me so much as I searched and continue to search for the truth. After about seven months of studying the Bible, attending a local congregation, and using your site. I was baptized into Christ last week. I wanted to thank you and everyone who answers the questions and puts the…
Read MoreBecause of your answers, I’m going to follow Satan
Question: I’d like you to stay with me to the end, please. I’d like to thank you for helping me make up my mind about something. After seeing how a man of faith such as yourself can be so unfeeling toward the plight of others, I have decided to follow Samael aka Lucifer or Satan.…
Read MoreYour point that God baited Pharaoh is intriguing
Question: Good Morning, I am a pastor of a little country church. Our Sunday school lesson is about Moses, Pharaoh, and the Red Sea. I was looking for a graphic, a really good picture to illustrate the route when I found your site. I also was intrigued by the idea that God led them down the side…
Read MoreThank you for your encouraging remarks on schizoaffective disorder
Question: My thanks to whoever wrote the statement to the man with schizoaffective disorder. I have a schizoaffective disorder that is often debilitating. I have psychotic episodes whenever there is a major change in my life and suffer many mood swings. More often than not, I cannot get support from many Christians. Only a select few…
Read MoreThank you for your online literature, which we use in our young adult classes
Question: Thanks for the content of your website. I use it often is preparing for my Sunday school class, which is mostly young married couples with small children. We have no standard of study (published literature) as we started a few years ago and some had no idea where the church of Christ really started.…
Read MoreThank you for answering how the Gentiles were by the Jews rejecting God
Question: Hello, Thank you for your answer to the question: “If the Jews weren’t provoked to jealousy and didn’t reject God, would the Gentiles have received salvation?” I was reading Luke 4:23-30 and this question popped into my head. I was looking for answers online and chanced upon the church’s website. You have a very interesting…
Read MoreI’ve used your materials numerous times and they have helped get points across
Question: Dear Brother Hamilton, I have come across your congregation’s website many times, and I have to say, I have not found another site quite as resourceful and helpful! I have shared your articles with many people, from atheists and the skeptics, to the lost, and to members of denominations, and all have had positive…
Read MoreI appreciate the open and unrestricted manner in which you make your resources available
Question: Dear friends in the family of God, I wanted to take the time to thank you for your outstanding website and the quality resources it provides. I’ve read some excellent, scriptural-centered material on the site, and the collection of graphics made available is also quite nice. Your embracing of Creative Commons licensing is a…
Read MoreI love this web site
Question: I love this web site. Keep up the wonderful work. We will be using your studies and sermons for studies in our home and in teaching others. Thank you for your work in the Lord’s church. Answer: Thank you for the encouragement.
Read MoreFrom what I could see, you present yourselves very well biblically
Question: I just discovered your website while researching questions about whether Paul the Apostle had either been a member of the Sanhedrin or married. I just wanted to say, from what I could see so far, I really like the way you present yourselves very well biblically. Too bad you are so far away, but…
Read MoreWe used your thumbnail pictures as stamps on timeline “passports”
Question: Greetings to the La Vista Church of Christ! I just wanted to thank you for the great resources you have made available through your website. I was trying to make a “passport” to go along with our children’s Bible studies, to use as a timeline as they go through the Bible. Your art thumbnails…
Read MoreYour site helped me better understand John 14:6
Question: Hi, I was just about to clock off to bed and decided to read a scripture verse from my Bible, which was John 14:6. Then I started to think about what Jesus had said in the verse. It was quite a powerful statement, so I asked on the Internet what was Jesus really saying…
Read MoreCan I use quotes from your answer on why God doesn’t prevent harm?
Question: Hello, I am in the midst of a time of pain and tragedy for my family having two terminally ill, close family members. I am nursing one and cannot see much of the other terminally ill one. While reading on the Internet someone’s question about ”Why doesn’t God prevent innocent children from being harmed?”…
Read MoreQuite an impressive list of topics
Question: Hi, I just came across your website, and I have to admit, I am impressed. I have bookmarked it so I can go back and read more of the articles that you have posted. That is quite an impressive list of topics and I can see that it would take some time to go…
Read MoreI continue to benefit from this site
Question: Hello Jeff, I continue to benefit from all the functions of your website. I appreciate the time and effort you give to make it what it is. May God bless you in your work there. Answer: I’m glad the work is useful to you.
Read MoreFor over two years I have thoroughly enjoyed your articles
Question: Dear Sir, I am a saint who worships at a church of Christ. I teach Sunday school class, and I often co-teach a Tuesday night ladies class. Sometimes, I Google topics with “church of Christ” added to the search so that I will pull from archives of the Lord’s people. For over two years…
Read MoreReally informative stuff
Question: Wow! Really informative stuff in “Why is sex a sin?” You’ve addressed all the questions that always bothered me. Thank you so much. I also like the point you made that “sex before marriage is a sin because God said so.” It’s absolutely true that whatever He instructs us to do will benefit us…
Read MoreI am most thankful for the outstanding website you have developed
Question: Dear Jeff, Greetings in the name of our Savior. I hope you and yours are doing well. I’m writing primarily for only one reason. I am most thankful for the outstanding website you have developed for the La Vista church. I’m grateful to you for the countless hours you must spend to keep it…
Read MoreWhat a beautiful, simple explanation of who the churches of Christ are!
Question: I am a member of the church of Christ in Tennessee. I happened to run across your page when I Googled “Was Paul a member of the Sanhedrin?” I went to your home page, and, wow, what a beautiful, simple explanation of who we are! Just thought I would send a word of praise and…
Read MoreYour website has a lot of information on preterism and homosexuality
Question: Hello, I stumbled across your website as I was trying to find information on refuting Preterism (AD 70 fulfillment). I have family members who recently found out about this, and are submerging themselves in Jonathon Welton’s teachings. Your web page has a lot of information, I hope to look through plenty of it in…
Read MoreI appreciate your article on judgment
Question: I was looking up “judgment” this morning. I very much appreciated your article on it, especially that you put in the Bible references. Thank you again, your brother in the gospel Answer: I’m glad to hear that you’ve found the website useful in your studies.
Read MoreYour site is a blessing (2)
Question: I have just found your site, a blessing, to be sure. I was baptized into the church many years ago. Your site will be a great resource for me, particularly for a good study structure. Surely, God is using you to reach not only those who are lost, but those who need some direction…
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